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Furthermore, although the text deals with the African presence in China, it also contextualizes this within the wider canvas of the African presence in contemporary Asia. Comparative imagery and data on Macau, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, and Indonesia are also presented.
The speed and succinctness of the narrative carries the reader with ease through the numerous localities of African presence in China. It makes fascinating reading to note that, as Bodomo clarifies in chapter 8,
Sociologically, the role and occupational differentiations which are emerging are interesting. Obviously, African immigrants in China are finding niches which open up to them. Some are respectable, and others are reprehensible and even illegal.
Bodomo’s “bridge theory” echoes with the sound judgment and the measured sagacity of someone who knows his or her subject well. There are only a few, if any, African scholars who have Adams Bodomo’s depth of exposure and the intellectual prowess to expound his experiences. His scholastic immersion over the years as a linguist in China has yielded palpable cognitive gold. The evidence is in the text. In the closing pages of the book, Bodomo asks and responds thus: